The Sprite is an automobile from Austin-Healey, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 0.9 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 45 bhp (45.6 PS/33.6 kW) at 5500 rpm and 71 N·m (52 lb·ft/7.2 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 664 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 129 km/h, or 80 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2032 | 80 | |
| Vía delantera | 1162 | 45.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Longitud | 3493 | 137.5 | |
| Ancho | 1346 | 53 | |
| Altura | 1264 | 49.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 127 | 5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.72 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 664 kg | 1464 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 54% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | 1.24 m² | ||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMC | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 0.9 litre 948 cc (57.851 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 62.9 × 76.2 mm
2.48 × 3 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.83 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 8 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (Net) |
45.6 PS (45 bhp) (33.6 kW) a 5500 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (Net) |
71 Nm (52 ft·lb) (7.2 kgm) a 3000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (Net) |
35.4 kW/litre 48.1 ps/litre 47.5 bhp/litre 0.78 bhp/cu in |
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(Net) |
74.89 Nm/litre
0.91 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 8.3:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 SU carbs | ||
| 941.2 kPa (136.5 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 237 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | 13.7 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 20.9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 21.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 129 km/h (80 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 68.71 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 50.54 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 67.77 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 19.79 kg/kW 33.05 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.500 | ||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.QE.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 710 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 4.22 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55539 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 9.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1958 Austin-Healey Sprite added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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